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Efforts to send a message that Indiana is open for business to renewables came to an abrupt stop on Tuesday night. A bill that would have established some statewide standards for wind and solar projects — but was amended to grandfather in counties' more restrictive ordinances — died on the Senate floor.  Despite significant amendments that had House Bill 1381 doing a '180 degree turn' and handing more authority back to local governments, local control concerns still lingered, according to the bill's senate sponsor Sen. Mark Messmer, R-Jasper.  On the Senate floor Tuesday night, after...

Bill to ease approval of wind, solar farms flops, but debate rages on FREE NEWSLETTERS Wildcat Wind Farm in Tipton County. (IBJ photo/Eric Learned) A strong coalition of renewable energy developers, major businesses and manufacturers could not muster enough support in the Indiana Senate Tuesday to pass a bill that would have shifted some local control over the siting of wind and solar farms to the state. The Senate’s less comprehensive version of House Bill 1381 technically died after it wasn’t even called for a vote by Sen. Mark Messmer, R-Jasper, ...

When an influential Republican Party official had a property tax grievance, a Republican lawmaker had a solution. Fortunately, the ill-advised fix cam ...

Tax bill causes in-party fight | Lawmakers kill gun bill Kaitlin Lange, Arika Herron and Amelia Pak-Harvey, Indianapolis Star © Jenna Watson/IndyStar Rep. Ed Soliday listens as an amendment to a bill is presented during a House session Monday, Feb. 15, 2021, inside the temporary chamber at the Government Center South in Indianapolis. If you want a good look at how the sausage gets made at the Indiana Statehouse and the drama that can surround a bill, look no further than House Bill 1166, a property tax bill. State Rep. Ed Soliday, R-Valparaiso, pushed for the legislation t...

Tax bill causes in-party fight | Lawmakers kill gun bill Kaitlin Lange, Arika Herron and Amelia Pak-Harvey, Indianapolis Star © Jenna Watson/IndyStar Rep. Ed Soliday listens as an amendment to a bill is presented during a House session Monday, Feb. 15, 2021, inside the temporary chamber at the Government Center South in Indianapolis. If you want a good look at how the sausage gets made at the Indiana Statehouse and the drama that can surround a bill, look no further than House Bill 1166, a property tax bill. State Rep. Ed Soliday, R-Valparaiso, pushed for the legislation t...